
Jonathan MS Pearce
A Tippling Philosopher
Jonathan MS Pearce is a philosopher, author, columnist and public speaker with an interest in writing about almost anything, from skepticism to science, politics and morality the environment, because everything is philosophy. A former teacher, God – or the universe – has afflicted him with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. He can no longer play football with his twin boys, but he can still write a good column and book. Well, he likes to think so anyway. His books cover a wide topic area: atheism, the creation of the universe, the Resurrection, the Nativity, free will, poetry, and skepticism to name a few, as well as zombie pandemics, kids’ adventures and how to be a father of twins.

Yes, it IS a proxy war, and it’s one we must win
Reading Time: 5 minutes With the anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia War looming next month, the war is at perhaps its most attritional, most horrific, most heart-breaking. The loss of life there need never have happened. Assuming he survives this war, Vladimir Putin will one day have a lot to answer for. In a court. In The Hague. Russian propagandists often accuse the West, NATO, the US of being involved in a proxy war. A…

Jesus as the new Moses
Reading Time: 8 minutes Jesus is many things to many people. To the early Christians, authors of the Gospels, he was…

Missouri lawmakers adopt strict dress code for women
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the regression in laws that seem to have overwhelmingly affected women over the last few years,…

Are the Biden documents a Trumpian parallel? Not even close
Reading Time: 4 minutes It might be easy to think that the recent Biden classified documents blunder is one that mirrors…

The illusion of choice in what we believe
Reading Time: 6 minutes There is a phenomenon that has been taking place, particularly in the US, with greater regularity over…

Two days of infamy
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared December 7, 1941 to be “a day of infamy.” That was two…

How do a conservative Christian and a liberal atheist agree on Ukraine?
Reading Time: 7 minutes A conservative Christian and a liberal atheist walk into a…YouTube interview and discuss their agreement on Ukraine.…

Death: Every year, the probability increases
Reading Time: 4 minutes I was fortunate enough to swan through most of my life only rarely coming into contact with…

Are my children missing out on ‘True Christmas’?
Reading Time: 3 minutes I am a fully-fledged secular atheist. I also love Christmas. It is probably a learned thing involving…

Musk’s Twitter polls: the slopey moral shoulders of deferring decisions
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Great Elon Musk Twitter Saga continues. Most recently, Musk reignited the culture wars with his decision…
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